Michael Clarke strain stability

Australia 333 & 240 (Hussey 89, Ponting 60, Yadav 4-70) beat India 282 & 169 (Pattinson 4-53, Siddle 3-42) by 122 runs Australia captain Michael Clarke praised his team's inspiring first Test win over India - and then told them he wants more. Australia clinch a 122-run success after their quick’s again tore throughout a star-studded India batting line-up on day four at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Man-of-the-match James Pattinson led...

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Rangana Herath spin Sri Lanka to victory win

Sri Lanka 338 (Samaraweera 102, Chandimal 58, de Lange 7-81) and 279 (Sangakkara 108, Chandimal 54, Steyn 5-73) strike South Africa 168 (Amla 54, Welegedara 5-52, Herath 4-49) and 241 (de Villiers 69, Amla 51, Herath 5-79) by 208 runs Sri Lanka leveled their series in South Africa with victory by 208 runs on the fourth day of the second Test at Durban. Set an impressive 450 to win and clinch the three-match series, the hosts were dismiss for...

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Pakistan to start afresh vs England

Pakistan and England will face-off for the first time since the spot-fixing dishonor took place and temporary coach Mohsin Khan is sure of a new beginning. Mohsin took over the reins after Waqar Younis decided to relinquish the post for personal reasons in September. The ex-Pakistan player has been retained for next month's Test and one-day series against England in the United Arab Emirates. "We know the two teams will play for the first time since...

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Welegedara give Sri Lanka huge lead

Sri Lanka 338 (Samaraweera 102, Chandimal 58, de Lange 7-81) and 7 for 1 lead South Africa 168 (Amla 54, Welegedara 5-52, Herath 4-49) by 177 runs In what has previously been a champagne year for Test cricket, Chanaka Welegedara and Rangana Herath set Sri Lanka up for what could be the biggest Test upset of 2011. There were no signs of Durban's famed Green Mamba - tides which are rumored to make the Kingsmead track juicy - but that didn't put off...

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Umesh Yadav double-blow push Australia

Australia 2 for 68 (Ponting 15*, Cowan 14*, Yadav 2-25) v India Umesh Yadav strike twice for India, but an assured entrance by Ed Cowan helped Australia avoid fatal batting injure to reach 2 for 68 at lunch on day one of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. Though Cowan made only 14 runs in the session, his determined move toward was exactly what the hosts required after batting first in friendly conditions for the closure and swing of Yadav, Ishant...

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Updated cricket news: Melbourne police notify fans

cricket news: Expecting more than 70,000 crowds at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground for the first cricket Test between India and Australia, the home police have warned the audience to behave or else face expulsion, arrest and on-the-spot fines. Police said that disorderly behavior among the crowd won't be tolerated. Those found drunk and disorderly would be penalized Australian Dollar 611, AUD 489 for being offensive, violent or generally unruly...

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Ed Cowan stakes claim with century

Cricket Australia Chairman's XI 7 for 214 (Cowan 109, Ashwin 4-52) trail Indians 269 (Kohli 132, Holland 6-70) by 55 runs Two batsmen and two spinners performed remarkably for either side on the second day in Canberra, send-off the tour match between the Indians and the Cricket Australia Chairman's XI consistently poised. Virat Kohli, who is probable to be India's No. 6 on Boxing Day, rehabilitated his half-century into a hundred, before the...

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Ashish Nehra follow Sourav Ganguly, blast Greg Chappell

A day after Sourav Ganguly term Greg Chappell a "mad" man, pacer Ashish Nehra on Tuesday said that he too "never had a great experience" playing in the Aussie. The out-of-favour Indian speedster said, though he did not play enough crickets under the former India coach, Chappell, the pair of series' which he was concerned in were not worth detection. "I only played two-three series when Chappell was the coach of Indian team, but I can say I never...

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Ricky Ponting makes Australia squad for India test

The Cricket Australia National Selection Panel (NSP) has announced a 13-man squad for the first Vodafone Test next to India, which begin at the MCG on Boxing Day. Former captain Ricky Ponting made the cut in spite of having been under huge pressure following a fallow year. Young pace-bowler James Pattinson was also named in the side that will take on the star-studded Indian batting listings on December 26. In-form all-rounder Shane Watson miss...

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Paine's profession thrown into threat

Wicketkeeper Tim Paine's career is in serious risk after South Australia's state coach Darren Berry exposed that he is far from playing first-class cricket due to his latest injury. Berry said that he was "spread out at how bad the injury looked" when he met the national team back-up keeper during a Sheffield Shield game in Hobart. "I could tell by surveillance him trying to make a fist he was a mile away from spirited cricket," Berry said. Paine,...

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Ishant Sharma to miss practice game but he will be fit for 1st Test

The Indian cricket team will not seek out a cover for wounded pacer Ishant Sharma as he is probable to be fit for the opening Test next to Australia next week even although he has been lined out of a three-day practice match starting on Monday. “The doctor has advice him relax till Monday. So we would have a fresh look at him on Tuesday. But the work on him is going on and he's humanizing,” stated media executive G S Walia here this morning. Ishant...

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Sachin Tendulkar has subordinate for Australia series

A cricket fan listed in the Indian touring squad as an "assistant" is helping Sachin Tendulkar get ready for India's quest to win their first Test series in Australia, news said on Monday. DVGI Raghavindraa has never played first-class cricket but what he lacks in playing know-how he makes up for with interest and his presence in Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald said. Raghavindraa is being used on tour for his throw-down skills in the carry...

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Greg Chappell to make out Sachin Tendulkar's secrecy

Former India coach Greg Chappell will address the out of form Aussie cricketers before the Boxing Day Test on December 26 to make known them the chink in Sachin Tendulkar's armour. According a report in Daily Telegraph, Chappell will speak to the Australian team next week on how to undertake the likes of Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag in the grueling Test series start in Melbourne. "Chappell will address the Australian squad for the first Test...

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BCCI turn down Sunil Gavaskar's insist

The BCCI has generally shot down former India captain Sunil Gavaskar`s insist of a whopping USD 1 million fee per season for media behavior connecting Indian Premier League. The decision was taken throughout BCCI`s last AGM and the matter was nullify but it again came up for conversation as the well-known opener had written to the board difficult a fee of USD 1 million which he claim had been promise by former BCCI president Sharad Pawar. "Even...

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Anil Kumble resigned as NCA chairman

Former India captain and spin fable Anil Kumble has submissive from the chairmanship of National Cricket Academy on Monday citing difference. According to reports, BCCI's working committee has acknowledged Kumble's acknowledgment. MP Pandove has been selected as the interim chairman of NCA. "I had a three-year vision to make NCA a better. I had made 10 presentations during my term as chairman with the hope that my vision could be conventional....

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Cricket-Australia's Cummins suffer more injury blow

Pace man Pat Cummins will miss part of Australia's four-test series next to India after scans exposed his heel injury was more serious than predictable and would take longer to recover. The 18-year-old suffer the injury during his six-wicket first appearance in Australia's second test win against South Africa last month but had been expected to be obtainable for the opening test next to India in Melbourne on Dec. 26. Further scans showed a "bone...

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Symonds to celebrity in India's Big Brother

Controversial Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds was today unveils as the latest contestant in the Indian television version of the hit certainty show "Big Brother". The 36-year-old big hitter, in and out of the national side due to corrective problems, will become the first international cricketer to enter the "Bigg Boss" house, the show's promoters said in an emailed statement. Symonds, a household name in cricket-mad India throughout his...

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Pakistan entire series whitewash

Pakistan entire series whitewash 177 (Umar 57, Misbah 47, Razzak 3-21, Mahmudullah 3-4) strike Bangladesh 119 (Mahmudullah 35, Hafeez 3-27, Malik 3-6) by 58 runs The hosts, having bowled out Pakistan for just 177, looked well place at 61 for one after 15 overs of their reply only for a power breakdown to thrust the stadium into darkness and disrupt the Bangladesh chase. From a position of strength they misshapen to 119 all out as the tourists...

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Abhimanyu Mithun replace Praveen for Oz tour

Abhimanyu Mithun replaces an offended Praveen Kumar in India's Test squad for the upcoming four-match away series next to Australia. Right arm-fast bowler Mithun, who has played four Tests for India, the last in Barbados in May, has been extra to the 17-man squad after Praveen was ruled out of the Test series in Australia with a fractured rib. Mithun joins Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron and Ishant Sharma in India's pace department for the Australia...

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West Indies stay series alive: India lead the series 2-1

West Indies 260 for 5 (Samuels 58, Sammy 41*, Russell 40*) strike India 244 (Rohit 95, Rampaul 4-57) by 16 runs After bowling West Indies to an impressive 16-run win over India, Ravi Rampaul said the early breakthrough was the key to his side's victory in the third ODI. "I would say it was receiving early breakthrough," Rampaul said. Rampaul said the vital lesson that he had academic on his visits to India with the Trinidad and Tobago squad for...

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New Zealand Cricket's new CEO David White

David White has been named as New Zealand Cricket's new chief executive to take over from the departure Justin Vaughan, and it will increase conjecture the national body are allowing for relocate to Auckland. White has significant experience in sports administration as a former Auckland Rugby and Blues' chief executive as well as Wellington Rugby and the Hurricanes. He newly returned to New Zealand after three years in England, as CEO of Bristol...

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Paul Collingwood hopeful for England come back

Paul Collingwood hopes winning domestic stints in Australia and India can help him force his way backside into England's limited-overs side. Collingwood, who retire from Tests after the Ashes last winter, last played for his country during the World Cup in March and believe he, can still be part of the ODI and Twenty20 teams. England's selectors moved resolutely towards youth over the summer, blooding a handful of talented young players but Collingwood's...

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Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma brings India successive win

India 270 for 5 (Kohli 117, Rohit 90*) hit West Indies 269 for 9 (Rampaul 86*, Simmons 78, Yadav 3-38) by five wickets A record-breaking innings from tailender Ravi Rampaul was not sufficient for the West Indies to avoid a second succeeding one-day beat by India in Visakhapatnam. Rampaul, who came into the match with an regular of 9.47 and a top score of 26 not out, thrash six sixes and as many fours to finish winning on 86 from 66 delivery -...

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Ricky Ponting fall but Michael Clarke drives Australia on

Australia 5 for 254 (Clarke 99*, Ponting 78, Haddin 2*) follow New Zealand 295 by 41 runs Ricky Ponting's extended wait for his 40th test century continue but Michael Clarke was just one run short of his 17th hundred as Australia reach 254-5 at have lunch on the third day of the first test next to New Zealand on Saturday. Australia, who resume on 154-3, inch progressively towards New Zealand's first innings tally of 295 with Clarke uncertainly...

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"Tough to stop Indian juggernaut"

With India on a 10-match winning strip at home, it is hard to stop their juggernaut, said West Indies captain Darren Sammy in front of the 2nd ODI. West Indies are yet to win a match next to India despite coming agonizingly close on a few occasion during this tour so far. "India so far has won the last 10 games at home. When you have a winning run, you forever tend to get a method to go over the line," said Sammy. India wriggles out of an unstable...

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England's Bresnan has prod operation

England bowler Tim Bresnan has undergone surgery on his elbow but is predictable to be fit for the Test series next to Pakistan in the New Year, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) exposed on Thursday. Yorkshire pace man Bresnan feel pain in his elbow during the new one-day tour of India and was sent for an operation to remove a bone portion. But the ECB said they probable him to be fit for next month's visit to the United Arab Emirates,...

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Kamran Akmal meet PCB chief about 'Ignored'

Discarded Pakistan wicketkeeper, Kamran Akmal, met with the PCB chairman, Zaka Ashraf, in yet another endeavor to revive his international career. The knowledgeable wicketkeeper, who established a lot of flak for his shoddy work behind the stumps during the World Cup, has allegedly complained about selectors for overlooking him in spite of his good showing in domestic matches. "Kamran convey to the Board chairman that the selectors were being...

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Patel pulls away of IPL mart

Nottinghamshire all-rounder Samit Patel has withdrawn from the Indian Premier League Dutch auction in an effort to further his claim for a place in England's Test side. Patel's legislatures have held talks with several franchises but he has elected to announce himself engaged ahead of Wednesday's midnight time limit to enter the auction. "My biggest goal is to play Test cricket and I require scoring a high volume of runs in the Championship to...

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MCA: No action alongside Ajit Agarkar

The Mumbai Cricket Association will not take any action next to Ajit Agarkar for returning home in a huff after being drop from the Mumbai team next to Orissa in the Ranji Trophy Elite match in Cuttack. "No action is being contemplate against Agarkar who sought my permission to return home on Tuesday and I, in turn, asked Mumbai selection panel chairman (Milind Rege). Rege felt Ajit did not feel comfortable sitting in the reserves and can be permitted,"...

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Kochi Tuskers Kerala players to be re-auctioned?

With the IPL governing council meeting scheduled for next month, there might be some ray of hope for the players allied with the sacked IPL franchise, Kochi Tuskers Kerala. According to the media reports, Kochi players can be put on auction once again and the IPL governing council is deliberating various ideas to allow the other franchises to spend some extra bucks on them in the IPL-5 auctions. The players are yet to receive a small part of their...

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Andy Flower named Best coach of the year

England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive David Collier has praised the work of England team director Andy Flower after he claimed two awards last night at the 2011 UK Coaching Awards. Flower won the prize of UK Coach of the Year and High Performance Coach of the Year at a ceremony in London, having led England to their first Ashes triumph in Australia since the winter of 1986-87 at the start of this year and then taking the team to number...

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Virender Sehwag pin hope on Ravichandran Ashwin

Virender Sehwag has hope that Ravichandran Ashwin, India's best cricketer in the Test series next to the West Indies, will carry on to present well and get more awards in future. The BCCI had announced Ashwin's name for Dilip Sardesai Award after his series winning presentation next to the Windies. Appreciating the Indian Cricket Board's choice to award Ashwin with Rs 5 lakh prize money, India's stand-in-skipper Sehwag said Ashwin was going in...

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Ricky Ponting: Overhaul 10 years past due

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has back Cricket Australia's new renovate process saying "it was past due for last ten years". Under force to hold his place in Australia's batting order, 36-year old Ponting said cricket was taking a more qualified track under the new regime led by chairman selectors John Inveracity and existing head coach Mickey Arthur. Cricket Australia has announce series of sweeping changes in which turning round policy...

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Oz director intersted to take cricket movie on India, Pakistan, Australia

 The world has suffer from fewer films being made on cricket, Australian film great Phil Noyce says, adding that he`s keen to make an India-Pakistan-Australia co-produced cricket film, if the money permit. Noyce, who has been honored with a display at the 42nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), was speaking to journalists Sunday at the festival venue. "We need to make more movies on cricket. The world suffers from fewer films on...

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India can draw cheerfulness from the series

In the past, a player's seriousness was measured by his performance adjacent to the powerful Caribbean teams. A lot has distorted in the cricketing hierarchy over the last two decades and yet India can draw huge cheer from its 2-0 victory next to Darren Sammy's men in the three-Test series that finished with a exciting draw in the final match at the Wankhede Stadium here on Saturday. The West Indies may no longer be the force it once was but during...

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McCullum streak to ton in warm-up

New Zealand opener Brendon McCullum has marked to a century next to Australia A in a warm up match of their Australian tour in Brisbane. McCullum cut a four throughout point to the boundary to bring up his triple figures innings, smash 15 fours and five sixes off 85 balls on the opening day of the 4 day match. The visitors raced to 106 runs without loss by lunch and were cruise after the interval before the opening partnership of Brendan Guptill...

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Subramaniam Badrinath eyes No.6 spot in India's Test squad

While there are quite a few in the race to grasp the No. 6 spot in India's Test squad, Tamil Nadu's middle-order basis Subramaniam Badrinath, on Wednesday, claim that he was the best bet for that position. "I have been to come in the sidelines. Honestly, there is just one spot left (in the middle-order). To be truthful, I do not want to be that one guy who is only in the squad and not playing. I want to play in the eleven and that is my biggest...

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'When we compete we've exposed we are on par with India'

West Indies cricket is on a downslide for a couple of decades now, and the Caribbean’s' winning something now comes crosswise as a surprise more often than not. For the record, the West Indies have won just five Test matches in the last five years! Not much was, therefore, probable from them when they landed in India for the three-Test series. Two matches later, they have expectedly lost the Test series and are staring at a first whitewash next...

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